‘Securonomics’: five key business messages from Labour conference

With company chiefs in attendance and an endorsement from Mark Carney, shadow chancellor sought to demonstrate economic competenceAt every turn in Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, there are signs of big business on manoeuvres. Exhibition stands for Google, Ineos and Specsavers; slick videos for Amazon and Uber, fringe events sponsored by Deliveroo and Goldman Sachs, while even the parliamentary lounge – a retreat for MPs from the throng of 16,000 delegates – was sponsor